ABSTRACT
The ‘social construction’ of disability refers to the way an able-bodied conception of disability magnifies its consequences. The social construction of disability assesses and deals with disability from an able-bodied perspective. It includes erroneous assumptions about capacity to perform that come from an able-bodied frame of reference. It encompasses the failure to make possible or accept different ways of doing things. It reflects a preoccupation with ‘normalcy’ that excludes the disabled person.
